Michelle Rodriguez

When Dwayne Johnson thumbed a ride on "Fast and Furious" back in 2011, he instantly gave the film series a needed boost of energy. Some critics, such as Jim Slotek from The Toronto Sun, went so far as to suggest that Johnson saved the franchise, pointing out how box-office profits more than doubled after the Freedom High School graduate joined the cast as Marshall Luke Hobbs, a lawman on the trail of street-racing outlaws Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Johnson might be integral to the success of the series but for "Furious 7," the latest installment, opening Friday, the actor willingly took a backseat to Walker, who died at age 40 in a car crash on Nov. 30, 2013, three...

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